An Oklahoma sheriff's deputy ended up chasing his own car Thursday after a man he was arresting stole the police cruiser.
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The deputy was forced to give chase in the suspect's car, and it was all caught on the cruiser's dashboard camera.
While Garfield County Sheriff's Deputy Matt Mixon searched his vehicle, suspect Billy Gurney, 34, slipped behind the wheel of the patrol car and out of his handcuffs.
"I had to make a lot of decisions, and I had to make them ... then, there, and quick, with no way to ask for permission," Mixon said.
Mixon hopped into the suspect's stolen vehicle and gave chase -- without a radio or any communication with his command.
He fired at the cruiser, but it did not stop the driver. At one point, the cruiser was going so fast that it went airborne after hitting a rise in the road. "I could actually see the horizon underneath my patrol car," Mixon said.
Speeds reached 120 mph, with the patrol car's lights flashing the entire time.
And after several close calls with innocent drivers, Mixon forced the suspect to spin out in the cruiser.
The motorized pursuit was over, but the chase was not. Mixon said he chased Gurney on foot and finally subdued him with a Taser gun.
The dangerous joyride down rural roads spanned two counties and 25 miles.
Neither the suspect nor the deputy were seriously injured.
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